Ministry of Environment and Forestry Detects 340 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in East Kalimantan (Thursday, April 23, 2026)
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Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring over the last 24 hours shows that 340 hotspots have been detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots is an increase of 62 points compared to the previous period.
The data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (April 23, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 340 detected hotspots, 4 have a high hotspot confidence level, 329 are medium-scale, and 7 are low-scale.
Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. The low scale ranges from 0 - 29, medium from 30 - 79, and high from 80 - 100. The higher the hotspot confidence level, the higher the possibility of forest and land fires occurring in a particular area.
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The most hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan, with 74 points. Central Sulawesi ranks second with 69 hotspots. South Sulawesi is third with 34 hotspots.
32 hotspots were detected in North Maluku, Southeast Sulawesi follows with 28 hotspots, and South Kalimantan and Maluku have 17 and 13 detected hotspots respectively.
A hotspot is a coordinate point in an area that has a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and does not represent the number of forest and land fire incidents.
However, a large number of clustered hotspots in an area indicates the occurrence of forest and land fires. This means that remote sensing satellite-detected hotspot data remains the most effective way to monitor forest and land fires over large areas.
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